diff --git a/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/frames/chapterframe.cpp b/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/frames/chapterframe.cpp
index c6523883..ea02f529 100644
--- a/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/frames/chapterframe.cpp
+++ b/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/frames/chapterframe.cpp
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ void ChapterFrame::parseFields(const ByteVector &data)
 
   int pos = 0, embPos = 0;
   d->elementID = readStringField(data, String::Latin1, &pos).data(String::Latin1);
-  d->elementID.append(char(0));
   d->startTime = data.toUInt(pos, true);
   pos += 4;
   d->endTime = data.toUInt(pos, true);